If you want to be effective, to become smarter and more successful than the herd, you need to drop the natural lazy desire for magical explanations and dig deeper to understand how things actually work. "There is this bearded guy who created everything and watches everyone punishing the bad guys." "Soul is this magical thing inside us that controls us, but no one can find or measure it, it's metaphysical." "Quantum physics says that there are things beyond reality itself." Anything you believe is something you don't understand and it was put into your mind by someone. And they had their reasons, which were not "let's help them to become smart and successful". It's time to grow up.

HOW TO BE HAPPY For the mind, there is no outside world. Whatever the mind does not perceive and cannot imagine does not exist. And whatever it can hallucinate becomes reality. For the mind to be happy, it needs to accept itself, feel proud, and perceive favorable conditions for a prosperous future. And all these factors do not actually depend on reality. You can be rich but imagine that someone wants to kill you, and therefore be stressed and depressed. You can be “poor” but work on your piece of land somewhere in the middle of nowhere and be happy. There are countless examples of this, and many books have been written about it. This is why there are people who are successful in imaginary realities and are happy, for example, playing video games. But this concept must be used wisely. There is actual reality, which not only exists but heavily influences our lives. This is why hiding from it in fake realities is not a good strategy. First. Understand that wherever you are is reality, and it is neither good nor bad, but simply what it is. Accept it and be grateful — you are alive and can breathe, think, and experiencethe world. Second. Decide what you want in life. Who do you need to be to live the life you want? Describe it in detail. Start behaving like that person. Be proud of yourself for consciously building your life, which is very rare — most people just go with the flow. Third. Appreciate everything you are able to achieve, as well as the challenges that force you to push yourself even harder. Be grateful for such opportunities. Fourth. Notice that you behave like the person you want to be, so you are that person. Be proud of yourself. You are winning and building the life you always wanted. Fifth. Whatever happens, always remember — it is just information. What matters is what you do with this information and how you use it to your advantage. As long as you are alive, you are winning and building the life you want. — Warrior's Path

You don't need time to completely change your life and become happy — you need understanding. Imagine you are a fish, but you have been brainwashed into believing that you need to fly to be happy. You understand that it will never happen no matter what you do, and you become depressed. Now imagine someone explains to you that you are a fish and that you should swim to be happy. Imagine you truly understand that. That is enough to completely change your life. How much time did it take? Now imagine you are depressed because you are poor, and no matter what you do, you are not becoming rich. That is depressing. Now imagine someone explains to you that your life is actually worth a trillion dollars — that you are, in fact, the richest person in the world and can actually achieve anything. How will you feel after that? Everything is in your head. The world is merely something you perceive. — Warrior's Path

Winter is perfect for burning your stakes. Nothing can beat beef on fire.

By doing what you wanted to do and did, you came to where you are. If you want different outcomes, you need to do something differently. Ideally, you need to understand what winners do, and behave similarly.

Why wouldn't the "elites" want to exploit people like sheep if they behave exactly like sheep?

Men have a natural desire for exploration and conquest. What if someone came up with an idea to create virtual worlds where these desires would be satisfied? The real world would be left for them.

The CEO of a company doesn't decide what to do. He's the chef EXECUTING officer, he executes orders from the owners and explains them to employees. Presidents of countries are CEOs.

Real estate can't even outperform real inflation, no matter what you do with it. So, Mr. Businessman, you lost lots of value because of your real estate. Grok is free and you can analyze and calculate things.

You don't fix your car's broken engine by changing the tires.

2 PATHS TO PEACE AND HAPPINESS The first is convincing yourself that you are who you are and that it’s not your fault you are here living this life. It’s just luck, God, or an unfair world. But it’s okay to be yourself in whatever state you are in. You are a good person and can live your life the way you feel. Just be yourself. The second is understanding that you are somewhere in the middle of your potential, and that a much more advanced version of you exists — one that lives a far more exciting life. To level up and embody that version, you need to embark on a journey of exploration and progress. There will be obstacles and hardships, but you will handle them, because you are brave. Greatness awaits you. Which version of happiness will you choose?

IS LEARNING GOOD OR BAD? There are two fundamentally different types of learning — constructive and destructive. The first one is supported by pleasure. It feels easy, light, and entertaining. You watch videos, read posts, listen to podcasts, and your brain gets stimulated. It feels like learning, but it’s not. It’s mental masturbation. You are not building anything — you are just rubbing your brain in a comfortable way to get a small dose of pleasure. Like petting a cat. Nice, calming, pointless. This type of “learning” never creates competence. It doesn’t change how you act, what you can do, or what results you get. It only makes you feel informed while keeping you weak and delusional. Over time, it trains you to avoid difficulty and crave stimulation. That is destructive learning. The second type of learning is enforced by pain. You need something in real life. A result. A skill. Power. Money. Control. So you go and try to get it — and immediately you hit resistance. You fail. You feel stupid. You feel frustrated. Nothing works. That pain forces you to think. To analyze. To adapt. To act differently. You don’t learn because it’s fun — you learn because you must. Every mistake hurts. Every failure exposes your incompetence. And the more pain you feel, the harder your brain is forced to work. This pressure creates real understanding. Real skill. Real growth. When you finally get it — when the thing that used to hurt no longer does — that’s learning. You didn’t consume information. You transformed yourself. Pleasure-based learning weakens you. Pain-based learning builds you. One feels good. The other makes you effective. — Warrior's Path

You don’t stop living your life when you become old. You become old when you stop living your life. I know 35-year-old guys who are so tired that they don’t do anything. I know 75-year-old men who live their best lives and continue exploring the world and pushing the limits of what is possible. It is not about age, but about mindset. You decide how old you actually are. Mangan is 70.

Most people are delusional because they don’t understand the concept of incentives. Take the moon landings, for example. What was the goal of humans landing on the moon? Did they want to get something from there? Build a base or create something new? No. The only goal was to show the world that they were capable of doing it. Could it have been done in a different way? Of course. Hollywood has existed for more than 50 years and has produced far more complex special effects. Why would they actually risk everything and land on the moon when they could achieve the same goal by staging it? Analyze everything through incentives perspective and you will see a completely different world. People who do big things are not stupid. Everything is driven by incentives.

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There is this weird new tendency online. Fake AI videos where women say whatever immature boys crave to hear. These videos attract millions of dorks. Reality will be so distorted in several years, the Great Reset will happen naturally

Heated "discussions" on X are like swarms of angry dogs barking at each other. You can't go in and start communicating logically. The only reaction will be louder barking.

The most effective way of teaching children and helping them to grow is not distorting reality into a fake, safe, and comfortable environment so they feel good learning. It's exposing them to the harsh reality of life in a controllable way. Children need to fall and get hurt to mature. Your overcaring kindness is raising puppies.

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When you call her your partner, you imply that you are on the same level. That is the worst thing that you can do in relationships, as a man.